Re: European Seeds
- Subject: Re: European Seeds
- From: Richard Dufresne s*@infi.net
- Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2002 11:48:07 -0500
Some information on the importing of seed worth passing on:
>
>My husband and I took Joyce Fingerut's advice and wrote a letter (not an
>email) to Michael A. Lidsky of the USDA about the phytosanitary
>certificate and its disastrous effect on gardeners who want to import
>small quantities of special seed. We received a very sympathetic letter
>this week, stating that the USDA is "striving to come up with a workable
>alternative to the phytosanitary certificate requirement. As a result
>of the correspondence received, we will be amending our regulations to
>allow for the issuance of an importation permit and compliance with
>certain conditions, in lieu of having to obtain a phytosanitary
>certificate, for small quantities of seed." He wrote that the proposed
>rule will be published in the Federal Register with a 60 day comment
>period. Interested individuals can email their questions to Dr. Arnold
>T. Tshanz, Senior Plant Pathologist: Arnold.T.Tschanz@aphis.usda.gov.
>They can also visit http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppq to register to receive
>future mailings on this topic.
>
>It may be too late for this winter's seed exchange, but this should be
>better next year.
>Thanks, Joyce. I know you worked really hard on this.
>
>> > But I'm still unsure of whether or not we are going to be able to buy seed
>> > from the European seedsmen.
>>
>> The rules are clear, but the effects are not. The basic rule is that all
seeds
>> imported into the US must be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate.
>
Richard F. Dufresne
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